Amanda Chamberlain Case Summary

Kinship care is defined as "a form of foster care in which a relative of a maltreated child, usually a grandparent, becomes the approved caregiver" (Berger, 2015, p. 272). An advantage of kinship care is that most children develop better in kinship care and foster care compared to their original families who are abusive. Children placed in kinship care may have a better transition and have better stability in the care of the adults the child is already familiar with. Kinship care is less traumatizing and it does not result is the level of struggle of being adopted by strangers. Grandparents, aunts, and uncles, may provide a sense of home for the child since they are relatives. Also, they will be able to share memories and have meaningful conversations during the beginning stages of the adoptive placement.

Jamina Briggs is a 32-year-old African American female initially admitted to Memphis Mental Health Institute (MMHI) August 1, 2013, pursuant to provisions of T.C.A. §33-7-301(a) for an evaluation and assessment of competency and mental condition at the time of the alleged offenses of two counts of first degree murder of her children. She was discharged on September 26, 2013 as not competent and a recommendation for commitment. On November 11, 2013 Ms. Briggs was admitted to Western Mental Health Institute (WMHI)for continued treatment and competency training pursuant to the provisions of T.C.A. §33-7-301(b). On April 4, 2015 Ms. Briggs was discharged from WMHI as competent with support for the insanity defense. Following the court’s decision of not guilty by reason of insanity, Ms. Briggs was evaluated by West Tennessee Forensics, an outpatient provider, and subsequently admitted to WMHI pursuant to provisions of T.C.A. §33-7-303(c). Aggressive and assaultive behaviors while at WMHI

With child placement becoming more difficult everyday, the practice of kin placement has increased significantly within the past two decades. Kinship care is the placement of a maltreated or otherwise vulnerable youth in the care and protection of a known relative or adult with a recognized kin bond (Ryan, Hong, Herz,, & Hernandez, 2010.) Today approximately 26% of children in foster care are in kinship care placement (Cheng, 2010.)

“Visualize Child Protective Services (CPS) walking up to your home to take your children away from you. Now picture this, picture what the children feel like escorted away from their parents left to wonder where they will end up.” Says Larry in the beginning of our interview. “Many children experience these thoughts as they walk out the front door of what they call home.” What can we do to ease the anxiety of these young children taken away from parents? Kinship care is one viable option that can ease the worry for children. However, kinship care is not the only placement for children who are taken away from their homes. Other out-of-home placements include group homes, residential treatments, private child welfare institutions, shelters,

MILLERSBURG — Arrested Saturday, a Millersburg woman has denied criminal charges she assaulted her boyfriend.

At 5am Officer Singh called SA Lyn Brumaire who was on duty at Coral Tower because Jordan Horvat was worried a resident of 902, Stephanie Lee, was missing. Upon keying into the room with PSO Tabiri, the resident in questions, Stephanie Lee was found to be missing from her apt. Officer Tabiri then decided to take a statement from SA and resident Macayla Caso. Ms. Horvat was also not present in the room. Ms. Caso was under the assumption that Ms. Horvat had gone home since she was packing earlier in the day and the sheets were stripped off her bed.

The case of plagiarism I found was about a student named Amanda Serpico, she was a student at Rutgers college, Amanda was doing a paper for her Argumentation course. Amanda was writing her final paper which was an opinion paper arguing the politics of gay marriage. While Amanda was on christmas break her professor wrote an email stating that her paper had been detected for using plagiarism. Amanda fought back stating that she did not plagiarize and used tools provided by the college, the software she used was Turnitin. Amanda appealed her case saying that the software Turnitin was flawed, Amanda lost her case and received a “F” in the course. Amanda was allowed to graduate from Rutgers but as a result of the “F” she did get denied from her

Kinship care is the full-time care and nurturing of a child by a relative or someone who has a significant emotional relationship with the child. If children must be separate from their parents, either voluntarily or by court order, kinship care should be the first placement option explored by the child welfare agency. The Federal Government endorsed this practice most recently in the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008. Placing children in Kinship care helps States’ compliance with Federal requirements to provide children with safety, stability, and permanency. It also meets provisions of the Fostering Connection Act that requires agencies to notify relatives when

SSCM Gilmore scheduled an announced visit with Taylor Hardy at the local DFCS office to discuss the allegations in the report. Mr. Hardy denied all allegations in the report. Mr. Hardy reported that the altercation started Friday night, with an argument between his oldest child and his wife (Amanda). He reported the tried to stand between the two of them to avoid them getting into a physical fight. He reported that Amanda did state to him that she would call the police, because she stated that Mr. Hardy hit her. He reported that he never hit his wife. Mr. Hardy reported that Saturday morning that Amanda stated she would call the police, because Mr. Hardy hit her in the face with a flip flop. Mr. Hardy reported that Amanda has filed for divorce,

On 1/29/2017, Hennepin County Child Protection accepted a report alleged neglect, lack of supervision of Narieya and Malachi by their mother, Genishia Cohen. Per reporter Genishia had her children with her while she went to Regions Hospital to pick up Malachi’s birth certificate. Per reporter she had trouble finding parking and parked in front of the emergency room. Per reporter she left her cell phone in the car with Nariey, had the heat running, locked the car and went into the hospital alone to get the birth certificate. Per reporter did not know how long the children were in the car, but reports that Malachi started crying and that

Denise Morgan has made a request to our office to represent her in a family court involving modification of a child support order. My supervising attorney delegated the task of reviewing the facts to determine the strengths and weaknesses of Denise Morgan’s case as well as determining if David Morgan’s motion to vacate will be granted.

Ms. Floyd received information from Ms. Goods stating she’d put her mother out of her home because of her crack use. Brittney was not put out of the home and is currently residing with her sister. Brittney’s basic needs are being met by her sister and Ms. Goods appears to be a better and more responsible caretaker. Brittney has been in and out of the court system and Ms. Higgins has legal custody of the child at this time; Brittney is without a legal guardian since her mother was put out of the home. It’s unknown what date Ms. Higgins was put out but the information was reported on 08/11/15.

Mr. Sanchez-Martinez and the evaluator discussed the future for the children. The father reported that he believes that he can care for the children needs. He stated that he wants to put the children in a positive state of mind. He indicated that he should have residential custody. He indicated that he does not believe that there will be any transitional issues with the children of custody.

Kinship is culturally defined relationship established through blood lines, marriage, or adoption. It brings groups of people who culturally create themselves to be relatives, cooperate in certain activities and have a sense of shared identity. Relatives are the preferred resource for children who must be removed from their birth parents because it maintains the children's connections with their families. Kinship care is considered a type of family preservation service. Kinship contributes an organized review of controlled experimental and quasi-experimental studies rates the effect of kinship care on outcomes for children. The result of kinship suggests children in kinship foster care experience better behavioral development, mental health

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